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The present '''Constitution of the Andorinhões''' was adopted in 1992 after the [[Democratic Revolution of the Andorinhões|Democratic Revolution]]. It is renowned for its Part II: ''Fundamental Rights and Duties'' which is an extensive and modern bill of rights.
==Former Andorinhean Constitutions==
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===Part II: Fundamental Rights and Duties ===
The Part II of the Constitution defines the fundamental rights and duties. It includes
The first title consists of matters relating to recognition of the rights, liberties and guarantees, their scope and their protection. It establishes the principles on the access of justice, the principles of universality and equality as well as creating the position of [[Provider of Justice of the Andorinhões|Provider of Justice]]. It also provides a right to resistance.
The second title states the rights, liberties and guaranties, namely the individual ones (Chapter I), the political participation ones (Chapter II) and the workers ones (Chapter III). The first chapter includes the rights to life, to liberty, to nationality, to privacy among others. It also provides the freedoms of expression, of information, of conscience, to learn, of association and of assembly among others. The chapter also includes provisions for the application of criminal law, the principles of criminal procedures and the procedures of expulsion and extradition. The second chapter includes the rights to participate in political life, to public functions and elected offices, to form political parties, to broadcasting time, of petition and popular action and guarantees the freedom of the press. The third chapter includes the rights to work, to pay and to strike and the freedom of professional and trade union association among others.
The third title states the economic, social and cultural rights and duties, such as the rights to private property, to social security, to health, to housing, to the environment, to education and to culture among others. It also states the rights of some categories of people such as children, the disabled or the elderly.
The fourth title consists of matters relating to the duties of the people such as the duties towards one's peers, the Nation and the community and towards the authorities.
The fifth title consists of matters relating to the family, namely its protection and by the society and by the State, the tasks of the State towards the family and establishes principles on parenthood and childhood.
===Part III: Economical and Financial Organization===
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